See 7 Birds With Extra Ordinary Beauty

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There are over ten thousand bird species across the universe according to Wikipedia, bird watchers, and scientists.

One of the main ways to identify them is their physical appearance and once you look closer, it becomes obvious that birds come in many shapes and colors. Some are absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. From those with incredible eyelashes.

Sit back, glue your attention here, and enjoy reading about these beautiful birds.

Their pictures are included and the location of where you can find these beautiful bird species.

1. Lilac Breasted Roller

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Lilac-breasted Rollers can be found widely throughout Sub-Saharan African and the southern Arabian Peninsula.

With their vibrant colors – blue or green head, turquoise belly, brown back, and of course that beautiful lilac breast, they make an eye-catching sight against the dusty yellows of the African savannah plains where they live.

2. Gentoo Penguin

Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis Papua) are one of the least common penguins you’ll find in Antarctica. However, when we were there in late summer, it was nesting time, and there were lots of them.

We found colonies of these flightless birds and their babies throughout the region, including on high hills where snow does not accumulate during the late spring or summer – the perfect rocky nests for Gentoos.

3. Cock of the Rock

The males of the species are known to practice their courtship moves together in noisy groups called “leks” that form at the crack of dawn.

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They are famous for their brilliant ruby-red plumage and voluminous crests. The females are more subdued, but beautiful nonetheless and tough as nails as I learned in Mindo.

4. Great Hornbill

This huge bird is the Great Hornbill – 2-4 kgs with a 1 ½ meter wingspan. It’s massive beak, and distinctive ‘horn’ is bright yellow in colour, contrasting with its black and white feathers. The Great Hornbill is a stunning bird.

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It was last seen at Great Hornbills in Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand, a park justifiably popular with bird watchers, not only for the hornbills but also for the range of other bird species.

5. Waved Albatross

The Waved Albatros (Phoebastria irrorata) is another beautiful white bird, and like the swan, they are amongst the largest birds that can fly. They also mate for life, and both parents take it in turns to sit on the nest and care for their young.

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Sadly all 22 species of Albatross, are registered as a concern, and three even make it onto the critically endangered bird’s list. The Waved Albatross is one, which is so sad given it’s such a big beautiful bird. They can be found at Gorgeous birds in the Galapagos Islands.

6. Magnificent Frigate Bird

Another bird of the Galapagos Islands that I feel deserves a place on the list of 20 most beautiful birds in the world is the Magnificent frigate-bird.

The male of the species is perhaps one of the coolest birds in the world. During the mating season, you’ll see several males surround a female and inflate their red pouches.

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The vibrant red pouch is stunning as you can see on the amazing bird’s photos that I took on North Seymour Island.

7. Peacock


The Peacocks spectacular tail feathers make this the prettiest bird in the world. I may be slightly biased as these images are of the one that lives in my garden at home. We didn’t buy him, he found us, and for the past eight years, he’s lived on our chimney.

While most people refer collectively to the male and female as Peacocks, it’s only the male that is a Peacock. Together they are called peafowl.

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